The National tribune., 1887-03-10

War Department created the Middle Military
Department, embracing West Virginia and the
Shenandoah Valley. The troops operating
therein were known and designated as the
Army of West Virginia, commanded success
sively by Milroy, Kelly, Sigel. Hunter and
Crook. lie mentions the following regiments
as belonging to that army: lst I'd, Sd, 4th, 9Th,
9th, 10th, Ilth, 18th and 18th VIVA, 10th and
122d Ohio 23d Ill, 5ith Pa. and 9th Mass.
Nearly all these were in the division COM
manded by Col. Thoburn, of the 1st w. Va,
who was killed at Cedar Creek. He thinks if
Gen. Sheridan had been Mt Cedar Creek the dis
aster Of the morning would not have happened.
Z. Quaintanee, Co. L, 34th Ohio Dublin, o.,
wishes to thank Capt. James +. Fits, of the
114th NY, for his gallant defense of the Eighth
and Nineteenth Corps. lie thinks the men of
those two Corps at Cedar Creek did all that it
was possible for men 10 do.
J. A. Bowling Co. G. 18th " Y, Reed, Ind.
rallies i'm defense of the Sixth Corps at Cedar
Creek. He wonders if there is not little spite
in the article of Adj't Davis, Both Mass, in
reply TO Capt. Lockhart 6lst Pa. He says
there was no better body Of fighting men in the
army than the Sixth Corps.
o. b. SAVOY, Go. c. 22d Iowa, Rantoul, ILL.,,
says there were but two divisions of the Nine
teenth CORPS at Cedar Creek He insists that
the troops Of the Nineteenth Corps were in no
degree behind the Sixth Corps in the discharge
of their duty in that engagement.
Shiloh and COrinth.
d. Giants, Co. c. 18th Mo-, Ednburg, ILL.,, writes
concerning the rebel charge on Battery Robi-
nett at Corinth. His regiment was brigaded
with the 9Th Mimi, 47th ILL.,, sth Wis. and ID
Iowa battery. He says Co. Il of the 18th Mo.
fired the voIey that killed Gen. Rogers, who
was leading the Texas troops in the assault.
n. Filbeck, Co. L, SD Ind, Tcrre Haute,
Ind, says that at the battle of Shiloh, on the
morning of April z, 1862, the 32d Ind, COM
manded by Col. Which, after making charge
and driving the enemy, was halted by Col Will
lch who ordered the regiment 10 cease firing,
dressed the line, and gave the command {:
present, arms! Shoulder arms Ready-Aim
-Fire!" He says the orders were executed as
correctly as if OH parade.
Alexander Miller, Hutchinson, Kan, says
that Swinton's Decisive Battles of the War
says that at Shiloh the Union forces numbered
5000 and the Confederate 10000. The writer
always supposed that the rebel army was the
larger.
C. S. Troutman, Co. G., 9th Iowa, South Eng
lish. says Comrade Hurst is little of in his
statement that Buelrs troops checked the adj
vance of the rebel right and closed the first
days fight at Shiloh. He says the rebel ad-
vance had been checked and the firing had
almost entirely ceased before any of BuelIs
troops landed on the west bank Orthe Tennes-
see. On that day Buell. lost but two killed and
one wounded.
Gettysburg.
F. F. Hill, Moberly, No, suggests that lit
tie carving be done OH some of the bOulders OF
Little Round Top at Gettysburg to mark the
spot where Sykess old Brigade Of Regulars
fought SO well. He would like to know how
many men the 18th u. 5. Inf. lost during the
war;
William ii. Ball, Eden, Oak, gives several
cogent reasons 10 show that Gettysburg was a
decisive battle, in that il was the turning point
of the war. The tide of rebellion ebbed from
that date. The reasons given by comrade Ball
are substantially the same as have been ex-
pressed by several other correspondents.
S. F. Rose, Sergeant, Co. l., lst w. Va. Cav,
East Liverpool, O., wishes 10 correct S. A. Clark,
LIST VT Cav, in regard to the charge at Gettys-
burg in which Gen. Farnsworth was killed.
The writer says that when Gen. Fitzpatrick or
dered Farnsworth to make a charge the latter
said it would be a useless sacrifice of life. Kill
patrick said: "If you do not want TO lead the
charge / will" Farnsworth replied mo.
will lead my men wherever they co." The
writer says it was a battalion Of the lst w. Va
Cav that charged with Gen. FarnswOrth, in
stead of the LIST Vt. FarnswOrth was killed at
the stone fence, receiving seven balls. Sixteen
officers of the LIST w. Va. Cav. were killed and
wounded. He says there were some troops in
the Army Of the Potomac beside the LIST VT
Cav.
The Lower Mississippi.
d. Il. Smith, Co. b, 42d Ohio, COldwater
Mich, says his regiment belonged to DE Cour-
cey's Brigade, which in the Winter of 1861
was sent up the river 10 garrison the post al
Plaquemine, La. He says they had pretty good
times there. Foraging was dangerous, but the
love of chicken was greater than the fear Oi
MANAGED IA n. N.
ously.
Charles w. Ransom, Hardwck, VT, saws he
served In the LIST VT l.. A., Nineteenth Corps
and knew a good deal about Duryea's I'd Zou-
aves (l65th n. " That regiment supported
the battery TO which he belonged at Port Hud-
son, and its commander, Col. Smith, was wound
ell in that fight. The writer saw him at the
river Oh a stretcher.
Wilson's Greek.
L. ID. Immell, Washington, Mo-, says the loss
of the LIST Iowa at Wilson's Creek in killed and
wounded abundantly attests the brave and gal
liant service of the regiment. lie criticizes
Gen. Sturgis in severe terms.
Geo. w. keckle, Co. G. LIST Iowa. Muscatine,
Iowa, sends sketch of the services Of his regi-
ment at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Aug. 10
IS6l. He insists that Gen. Lyon did lead the
charge at the head of the lst Iowa; that be
was killed in front of that regiment, and some
| OF It's members carried the body from the held
| He criticizes severely the statements of Capt
Craeklin, who charged that the LIST Iowa broke
and fed in confusion, aud did not rally again
so as 10 be serviceable during the engagement
The writer says there is no foundation what.
ever for the charge.
Random Shots.
II. II. Bowers, Falls City, Neb., would like
the addresses Of members of the Goth ILL.,. fol
| the purpose of trying TO bring about Reunion
i of the regiment at st. Louis during the Ma
tiOnal Encampment
| III. X. Carver. 55th Ohio, White Rock, Oak.
| says that the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps wer,
not consolidated into the Twentieth until aftel
| the battle Of Lookout Mountain. He wonder
| if the 5Jth Ohio was in the war, as he never
sees anything from it.
| NJ. L. Morton, Co. ID, Goth Ohio, BloOmin.
| Grove, o., takes issue with cOmrade Maxwell
Co. j, 32d Ohio, who claimed that his regimen
| travelled farther than any other. The write
says that the Goth Ohio, and he believes a hun
dred or more other regiments, travelled NOR
miles aud did much more fighting than the -,
Ohio.
Ogden Gray, Boomer, Wis, says he has un
| derstood that liquor and beer are sold i'll tn
Soldiers Home at Dayton, o.
ID. w. Thomas Co. A, 2d Mo. Cav, Prairi
| View, Kan, says that sometimes the boys woul'
bring into camp loaded hornets nest, sticl
the muzzle inside a tent and fire it off, creating
a great cOmmotion among the occupants of tn
tent. When they charged upon beehive an'
a cOmrade stirred up the bees with pole some
body generally got left, and it was not Tia
bes.
George Miller, Box 394, Huron, Oak, think